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How to Migrate Data from the Plug-in Connector to the New Java Connector

This section applies to Identity Management only.

CA IAM Connector Server comes with a tool that helps you migrate account templates and their associations to objects in the new connector. If Identity Management already manages the CA Top Secret endpoints using the plug-in connector, you can use the existing CA Top Secret data with the new connector.

The migration tool migrates data from the CA Top Secret plug-in connector. It cannot migrate from the TSS TSSCFILE connector or from the CA GovernanceMinder import connector.

The migration tool migrates the following data:

You cannot use the migration tool to migrate endpoint objects. Before you can migrate other data, acquire and explore the endpoints with the new connector.

Diagram of the tasks required to migrate data from the old plugin conenctor to the new Java connector

  1. After migrating the data, set up the connector without correlating, using the steps in How to Connect to CA Top Secret v2.
  2. Create two migration mapping files.
  3. Migrate the data
  4. Repair migration errors.
  5. Correlate the data.
Create Two Migration Mapping Files

The migration tool works with two mapping files:

Follow these steps:

  1. Set up any custom attributes in the new endpoint in Identity Management.
  2. Prepare the endpoint mapping file. Only the old endpoints that are specified in this mapping file are migrated.

    When you run the mapping tool, use the –c option to specify the path to the mapping file.

  3. Prepare the mapping file for any custom attributes, if necessary.

    When you run the mapping tool, use the –m option to specify the path to the mapping file.

Example: Endpoint mapping file

In the example below, the administrator chooses to keep the endpoint name the same:

MFTSS.org.com=MFTSS.org.com

Example: Custom attribute mapping file

CustomAttribute001=VSE-IES-Dflt-Usercat
CustomAttribute002=VSE-IES-Fld1
Migrate the Data

Before you migrate your data, we recommend that you run a simulation first. Simulation generates an HTML report that lists the following items:

You can then use the same migration tool to run the real migration.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open a command prompt and navigate to the following location:

    cs_home/bin

  2. To run a simulated migration, use the tssv2migrate command with the -r S option. For example:
    TSSv2Migrate -h mycomputer -d im -p 20390 -u admin -c c:\endpointconfig.txt -m c:\schema_map.txt -r S 
    
  3. To migrate the data, use the tssv2migrate command with the -r R option. For example:
    TSSv2Migrate -h server32 -d im -p 20389  -u etaadmin -n -r R -c tss_endpoints.properties -l logging.properties
    

    The tool migrates the data and saves a report in cs_home/jcs/resources/tss.

  4. Verify the new account templates and associations.